Echizen take-ningyô (Bamboo Doll of Echizen). 1963. Directed by Kozaburo Yoshimura

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Bamboo Doll of Echizen. 1963. Japan. Directed by Kozaburo Yoshimura. With Ayako Wakao, Junichiro Yamashita, Tamao Nakamura. Courtesy Kadokawa Pictures

Echizen take-ningyô (Bamboo Doll of Echizen). 1963. Japan. Directed by Kozaburo Yoshimura. Screenplay by Ryozo Kasahara. With Ayako Wakao, Junichiro Yamashita, Tamao Nakamura. In Japanese; English subtitles. 103 min.

A lonely geisha finds comfort and companionship in the arms of her lover’s son in this brooding melodrama by Tsutomo Minamaki, a story of forbidden desire, guilt, and betrayal photographed in stark black and white by Kazuo Miyagawa.

35mm print courtesy the National Film Center; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; and Kadokawa.

This film accompanies Kazuo Miyagawa: Japan’s Greatest Cinematographer.

Sat, Apr 21, 2018, 1:30 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

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